Verse
E
Went out last night just to take a look around
D#
I met Little Sadie and I brought her down
F
I ran right home and I went to bed
F#
With a forty-four smokeless under my head
[Verse 2]
F#
I began to think of what a deed I done
F#
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
F#
I made a good run but I run too slow
G
They overtook me down to Jericho
[Verse 3]
D
Standing on the corner just a-ringing my bell
D#
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
E F
He says, "Young man is your name Brown?
A#m
Remember you blowed little Sadie down?"
[Verse 4]
A#m
"Oh, yes sir my name is Lee
Fm
I murdered little Sadie in first degree"
D#m
"First degree, second degree
G#m D#
If you've got any papers, will you serve them to me?"
[Verse 5]
B F#
Well, they took me down town and they dressed me in black
E B
They put me on a train and they sent me back
F#
I had no one for to go my bail
E B
They crammed me back into the county jail
(Oh, yes, they did)
[Verse 6]
A
Now, the judge and the jury, they took their stand
D Dm
The judge had the papers in his right hand
A F#m
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
D Dm
Forty-one years with the ball and stripes... oh, no!
[Verse 7]
A F#m
Went out last night to take a little round
C#m E7
I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down
A C#m
I ran right home and I went to bed
D Bm Dm A
F# forty-four smokeless under ... my ... head